“You told me yesterday we picked them.”
Alice joined us, taking my arm. “Dad would have loved this…with everyone.”
I nodded, unable to speak due to a lump. Grief persists. Always will be… but it’s changed and softened.
Kevin stayed with me as we returned to the car.
“I think about him every day,” he said. “Gratitude now, not guilt. He taught me about fatherhood, marriage, and mentoring.”
His arm was pinched. “He’d approve of your transformation.”
Hope so.”
